Improvement in clasps for looping skirts



CLASPS FOR LOOPING SKIRTS. v N0.184:,789. Patented. Nov. 28, 1876..

WITESSES WILLIAM J. LYNCH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLASPS FOR LCOPING SKIRTS.

Patent No. 184,7s9, vdated November 2e, w76; appnmion ined Specificationforming part of Letters September 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Fig. 2 of the drawings shows a modificationBe it known that I, WILLIAM J. LYNCH, of 0f my invention, in which thebars are curved Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and rrelativelyoutward as they approach their ex- State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and tremities from their centralpoint of connecf L usefulImprovements in SkirtLooping Clasps; tion, and they are provided withclasping-coland I do hereby declare the following to be a lars D, whichslide thereon to and .from the full, clear, and exact description of theinvenextremities, and thus adjustably lock or untion, such as willenable others skilled inthe lock the bars in their retaining hold uponthe art to which it pertains to make and use it, i dress or skirt. Inthis ease the jaws or ends reference being had to the accompanying E aregradually opened or closed, as the collars or clamps D are moved toy orfrom the drawing, which form part of this specification. middle part ofthe bars.

My invention relates to skirt-looping clasps.' To apply the clasp,fasten one of the jaws In the drawing, Figure l represents a side to apart of the skirt or dress, and close the view of a clasp embodying myinvention. Fig.

2 is a modification of my device. the same.

rIhe invention consists of the parts as here- What I c inai'ter morefully set forth and claimed, to secure by Letters Patent, is

wherein A A represent two bars of any suit- As an article ofmanufacture, a vskirt-loopable material, preferably of metal, securedtoing clasp, consisting of two bars of elastic or ether at about theircenter by a screw, rivet, springy material, secured to each other at -orother effectual lneans. The extremities of about their center, providedwith cushions on the bars A A are constructed with heads E, their headsor ends, and with or without claspwhich are provided with the cushions Hof ing-collars, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my soft material, so as to preventinjury to the skirts or dresses to which .they are applied.

These bars are formedof elastic or springy material, and theconstruction of same is suchv that the ends E press toward each otherwith Witnesses:

p and retain a FRANCIS TOUMEY,

EDWARD WA'Lsn.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnessesWILLIAM J. LYNCH.

sufficient binding force to gras fabric between them.

other jaw upon the raised or gathered part of laim as my invention, anddesire

